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===United States=== In the United States, * the ''[[Merriam-Webster Dictionary]]'' defines a grocery store as "a store that sells food and household supplies : supermarket". In other words, in common US usage, "grocery store" is a synonym for supermarket.<ref>{{cite web |title=Grocery store |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grocery%20store |website=Merriam-Webster Dictionary |access-date=July 13, 2020}}</ref> The ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' notes that the term "grocery store" in American English is often used to mean "supermarket".<ref name=oxford>{{cite web |title=Grocery |url=https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/grocery_1?q=grocery+store |website=Oxford Learner's Dictionary |access-date=July 13, 2020}}</ref> * the US and Canadian governments have a wider definition of grocery stores, not limiting them to supermarkets. The category of business ([[NAICS]] code 4551) "Grocery stores" is defined as "primarily engaged in retailing a general line of food products",<ref name=naics>{{Cite web|url=https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3VD.pl?Function=getVD&TVD=118464&CVD=118467&CPV=4451&CST=01012012&CLV=1&MLV=5|title="4451", North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Canada 2012|date=20 October 2011 }}</ref> and the subcategory (NAICS code 455110), "Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores" is defined as "establishments generally known as supermarkets and grocery stores, primarily engaged in retailing a general line of food, such as canned and frozen foods; fresh fruits and vegetables; and fresh and prepared meats, fish, and poultry. Included in this industry are delicatessen-type establishments primarily engaged in retailing a general line of food.
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